diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index f571f1a..6dfecc7 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartntml',
-  version: '1.0.7',
+  version: '1.0.8',
   description: 'lit-html for the backend'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 180f404..ec281fd 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export class Smartntml {
     if (this.smartntmlSingletonDeferred) {
       return this.smartntmlSingletonDeferred.promise;
     }
+    this.smartntmlSingletonDeferred = plugins.smartpromise.defer();
     const smartntmlInstance = await this.createAndInit();
     this.smartntmlSingletonDeferred.resolve(smartntmlInstance);
     return this.smartntmlSingletonDeferred.promise;